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More than a dozen prisoners escaped from a Scottish jail last week, claiming that if they had stayed they would have become addicted to drugs. Half of the 14 inmates who broke out of Castle Huntly, a minimum security prison near Dundee, were recaptured.

Man hurt in oil rig accident dies

A man has died in an accident on a North Sea drilling platform. The victim, who has not been named, was working on the Ninian Central rig on October 16. He was airlifted to Lerwick, Shetland, and died in hospital yesterday afternoon.

Homes without power after storm

A clean-up is under way in the north and northeast of Scotland and the Northern Isles after floods and road closures on Thursday and Friday. About 1,000 customers were still without power yesterday.

Kidnap arrests

Three more men have been arrested in connection with the abduction of a businessman